News tagged with water soluble polymer

Carbon nanotube polymer nanocomposites for field emission cathodes

A collaboration between researchers at the University of Surrey’s Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that you can produce a composite of carbon nanotubes ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Improved lubrication without oil

Running nicely – this applies even more to aqueous biopolymer solutions than to oil. These solutions are used as a cooling lubricant for machining hard metals and for tool-making machinery on which tools ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Scientists discover bilayer structure in efficient solar material

Detailed studies of one of the best-performing organic photovoltaic materials reveal an unusual bilayer lamellar structure that may help explain the material's superior performance at converting sunlight to electricity and ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanotech cotton opens up new possibilities for the fiber -- and its fans

Cotton is going high-tech in New Orleans, La., where a team of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists is continuing a long tradition of innovative research on the prized natural fiber.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Protein behavior might hold the key to synthetic silk

The world may just have moved a step closer to the reality of comic books.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

System to deliver organ transplant drug -- without harmful side effects

A new system for delivering a drug to organ transplant patients, which could avoid the risk of harmful side effects, is being developed by scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Novel polymers release their drug cargo in response to body temperature

A critical step in advancing medical treatment is the development of novel drug delivery methods. While a simple tablet, taken by the patient with a sip of water, may be the easiest way to administer a drug, ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chemists cram two million nanorods into single cancer cell

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University chemists have found a way to load more than 2 million tiny gold particles called nanorods into a single cancer cell. The breakthrough could speed development of cancer treatments ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Polymer characterization 'tweezers' turn Nobel theory into benchtop tool

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have developed a new and highly efficient way to characterize the structure of polymers at the nanoscale – effectively designing a routine analytical tool that could be used by industries ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher uses nanosilica to strengthen concrete (w/ video)

Every day, concrete structures crack and erode prematurely due to Alkali Silica Reactivity (ASR), a chemical reaction that causes fissures in the material as it sets. Jon Belkowitz, a doctoral student at Stevens Institute ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Plastic products leach toxic substances

Many plastic products contain hazardous chemicals that can leach to the surroundings. In studies conducted at the University of Gothenburg, a third of the tested plastic products released toxic substances, including 5 out ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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